Assassin’s Creed Mirage will return to series’ roots

Over the years we have seen the Assassin’s Creed franchise balloon from a small-scope stealth title to an open-world RPG with literally hundreds of hours of content. With this great shift however we have seen some fans move away from the series. For those yearning to return to the roots of Assassin’s Creed, the upcoming AC: Mirage looks to have you covered.

As reported by GamesRadar, Ubisoft is taking a break from the 100+ hour long open-world sandbox RPG Assassin’s Creed titles which we have seen since the release of Origins in 2017, instead opting for a more intimate experience closer to that of the earlier titles, with creative director Stéphane Boudon saying:

“Mirage’s creation has been the convergence of several inputs. Of course, the first one comes from our community: Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla they are all great games with the promise to live an epic journey in a strong fantasy. Their scopes have been calibrated to fulfill those ambitions as they all embrace the RPG mechanics. But amongst our fans, we started hearing the desire for a character driven story, focused on the core pillars of the first ACs in a more intimate scale. It resonates with us as well as developers and this was the starting point of the project.”

That said, despite the somewhat smaller scope, AC: Mirage will reportedly take full advantage of modern gaming hardware, with Boudon explaining, “The increased hardware power and the extended expertise we developed also allow us to have a richer and denser map compared to the first ACs, and it means for us more gameplay opportunities, more interactions between systems, more depth. It also means incredible and immersive details to treat Baghdad as one of the main characters of Mirage.”

While the change in gameplay introduced with AC: Origins were well-appreciated at the time, AC: Valhalla has proven that fans are beginning to tire of the current formula, and so hopefully Mirage is the boost the series has needed.

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